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Grave Excavated as Police Search for Clues in Killings
Farouk Arnaz | February 21, 2012

Forensic officers carrying the remains of Sudarno, who was possibly poisoned by self-confessed serial killer Mujianto in Nganjuk, East Java. (Antara Photo/Arief Priyono) Forensic officers carrying the remains of Sudarno, who was possibly poisoned by self-confessed serial killer Mujianto in Nganjuk, East Java. (Antara Photo/Arief Priyono)
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Police have excavated the grave of a suspected victim of self-confessed serial killer Mujianto at a public cemetery in Nganjuk, East Java, to gather additional evidence in the case.

“Sudarno’s grave was excavated to find evidence, to find out what poison was used on him,” National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution said in Jakarta on Monday.

“We believe there are other victims, like the one that was reported to the Pace district police office in Nganjuk on September 17, 2011, by the name of Muji Subekti, 59, a Kediri resident.”

Mujianto has confessed to killing 15 people out of jealousy. He targeted people whose names he found in his boyfriend’s cellphone.

“Based on psychologists’ information, the culprit was fully aware of committing the murders and he did not show any regret. The culprit told us everything and admitted [his crimes],” Saud said.

Mujianto is also fully aware of the punishment he is facing, the spokesman added. “Mujianto easily gets stressed out and officers had to be careful and had to watch him,” Saud said.

Sudarno’s body was found in Batur village, Nganjuk, on Feb. 4. It was brought to a hospital for autopsy. But since he did not carry any identification and nobody recognized him, Sudarno’s body was then buried at a public cemetery.

The family had been looking for Sudarno for days until they heard news reports about the serial killing in Nganjuk. His wife went to Nganjuk to check with police there and then learned the truth that her husband had been poisoned.

The family wanted Sudarno’s body to be reburied in his own village, Sukowiyono, and the police used that opportunity to gather additional information.

Other victims of Mujianto that have been identified are Ahmad Yani, 46, a civil servant and Romadhon, 65, an official from the Ngawi Religious Affairs Office who was reported missing on Jan. 7. One body is still unidentified, while two men whose names are Muhammad Fais and Anton Sumartono survived poisoning attempts.

Mujianto’s killing spree seems to have begun last year.

Police began investigating the case on Feb. 8, after Fais reported that Mujianto had tried to kill him with rat poison.

Three days later, Anton came forward with a similar story.